Visit

My sister Carly and her husband, Michael came to visit us this month! We had a BLAST!! I hadn't seen her in a little over 3 years and hadn't meant her husband yet. It was so fun getting to chat with Carly and Michael. We would stay up late into the evening almost every night chatting as couples. Michael is one cool guy! We all loved him but Bella especially was his pal. While they were here we went to the beach and then out to lunch. We had fondue for our Sunday dinner since it is a family tradition that we did every year around Carly's birthday, plus who doesn't LOVE fondue?!! We went to the Natural Science Museum of Raleigh and lunch a McDonald's per the kids' request. And then on their last night we went out on a double date to a place called, The Pit. It was DELICIOUS! Heck, I'm still dreaming about it. The Pit is a place in downtown Raleigh that does Carolina BBQ. It was tons of fun. We didn't get nearly enough time with them but are glad we had a chance to visit with them! Hannah and Bella cried when they left. Hannah said, "You said they would be here for a week...." in between tears. I had to explain that it HAD been a week :) I guess time flies when you're having fun. Here's some fun pictures:

Natural Science Musuem

Ice cream at McDonald's!

Charlie at the beach. He had a rough time :) it doesn't help that he rubbed sand in his eyes!

Carly and Michael.

Bella. She was rolled by some waves ( And Carly may or may not have landed on her ;) and came back covered in mud and shells complaining about her ear. She actually got a pretty bad ear infection several days later.